Warrawee Vital doubles up in 1:48.1

Warrawee Vital (Captaintreacherous) stepped up to the $33,000 Open Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (Jul. 9) after his first win of the harness racing season a week prior and scored again in identical time.

Driver Trevor Henry dropped the stallion into third to the quarter in :26.4 and pulled him out behind Wheels On Fire (Doug McNair), who moved up to the lead on the backstretch. Warrawee Vital took over soon after while on the way to a :54 half and carved out a two-and-a-half-length cushion by three-quarters in 1:21.3.

Cold Creek Cabo (James MacDonald) and East End (Louis-Philippe Roy) cut into the deficit in the stretch, but Warrawee Vital had the race in hand and got home three-quarters of a length to the good in 1:48.1.

Cold Creek Cabo nosed out East End for place.

WARRAWEE VITAL REPLAY

Warrawee Vital, winner of multiple stakes at three, now has 17 tallies in 40 career starts and $493,206 in earnings. Robert Don Fellows trains the five-year-old stallion for Yolanda Fellows and M&S Racing Stable of Rockwood. The horse missed the board in three straight starts to begin the season but has since won two in a row.

Woodbine Mohawk Park also held Ontario Sires Stakes action on the evening, including two Gold divisions worth a combined $203,500. To read the full story and watch the replays, click here.

The track will see action again on Monday, Jul. 11 with a first post of 7:00 p.m. EDT. A $38,500 Open Trot headlines the card that will include two OSS Grassroots divisions for two-year-old trotting fillies.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink